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RosieG

For whatever reason(s) you make a choice to never drink alcohol. Would you ORDER your kids to copycat you? Is that your right?

I don't know about donjohnjr but Ivanka seems to follow daddy dearest's command and doesn't drink alcohol.I don't know if she drinks coffee or not. Son Eric is President of the Trump Estates Winery and I expect does drink. Whether Melania does or Barron will or Tiffany does/will or his past wives or any of his sex partners or  mistresses didn't drink I don't know. It's a personal decision which everyone has the right to make for himself/herself. OF COURSE. But to make it for others? That's pretty dictatorial and authoritarian and I wouldn't DARE order my grown son to do anything. That would go over like a lead balloon. Does Ivanka intimidate easily? Will she always obey daddy or when he dies will she finally drink whatever she wants? Just a wonderin'.

Posted - April 10, 2018
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  • 35529
    I would explain why it is not a good habit and the pitfalls it can cause.  And certainly there would be no drinking in my house.
    Why  belittle a daughter over her choice not to drink? 
      April 10, 2018 5:33 AM MDT
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  • 1233
    Alcoholism has a significant genetic component. Some people have something in their biology that makes them at extreme risk. Trump's brother died of alcoholism. It's likely that Trump and Ivanka have also inherited such vulnerabilities. It is completely normal to discourage your children from something that may do them serious harm.

    The extremely wealthy have to be very careful not to become decadent. Discipline is everything. Ordinary people tend to be kept reasonably disciplined by their limited bank balance, the need to show up to work on time, satisfy the expectations of their boss, provide for their families etc etc.

    When you're wealthy, the option to be completely decadent and spend the rest of your life partying is available. You have to run a tight ship. Otherwise you'll never achieve anything and maybe go off the rails completely.

    70% of lottery winners end up broke. Most people don't have the self control to handle wealth. This post was edited by Zeitgeist at April 10, 2018 10:16 AM MDT
      April 10, 2018 8:16 AM MDT
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  • 5450
    It's not an issue for me because I used to drink alcohol at dinner but I stopped when I got pregnant and I currently don't drink at all because I'm still nursing.  When I'm done nursing I'll go back to having wine or beer with dinner.

    I wouldn't order my kids to copycat me because it just doesn't work.  It's a good way to make kids rebel and resent you.

    I have a cousin who ordered her kid not to drink alcohol and it didn't turn out very well.  She and her son were visiting our other cousins in Argentina when he was 18.  In Argentina, like most of the rest of the world you can drink when you're 18 but she tried to tell him no alcohol until he was 21 anyway!

      April 10, 2018 9:30 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    That's very sensible Liv. I never was a big drinker and the moment I found out I was pregnant I stopped of course and also while nursing no alcohol. I think until kids reach a certain age parents should be in control guiding them. But once they're adults back off and stifle it. If they ask for opinions by all means give them. But don't be constantly telling them what they should/shouldn't do. It isn't YOUR life. It's theirs and they have to figure it out just the way we had to figure it out. Screw up, learn, don't make that mistake again! This post was edited by RosieG at April 12, 2018 4:17 AM MDT
      April 11, 2018 6:25 AM MDT
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